Last Friday I left with a group of fellow bloggers and passionate photographers for a day of Masterclass in the countryside around Avignon, in the middle of pear trees and cicadas. But above all, in a house with dark wall, uniquely furnished with treasures from local and European flea markets, and put together with a unique style. A whole day to learn how to master light in a dark environment. The challenge was quite big to me, fascinated by minimal interiors, brightness and natural light as I am him.

I've been following Joanna Maclennan's work for a while now, an extremely talented English photographer living in Southern France. Her environment and her style are opposite to mine. Joanna works in interiors steeped in history, full of objects, and often with moody settings. And that's where my fascination for her work comes from. Her pictures look like Flemish paintings, where the light gets into the room in tiny doses, it sculptures every object to give it the depth it needs to be noticed. And her house is just like her artistic universe.

The pictures you see here are the result of this intense day. Rooms and details where the blinding Southern light is absorbed by chocolate-colored walls, where the accumulation of objects draws independent settings in every room. But above all, where you have to take your time, to wait for the seconds you need to let light goes into the camera, so that every object is printed on the imaginary film of our digital devices. Never without the tripod, time to take the picture extends, to let us discover another detail we didn't notice, giving us the chance to try another shot.

Believe me when I say I was scared while downloading the pictures from my camera, scared I didn't go through the challenge, but here are the pictures, with no retouching. I love these dark images, this subtle light coming in from aside. I am ready to take the road again for the next Masterclass scheduled for the autumn. And until then, I will never be scared again of moody interiors and little natural light!